#Sexypink/Adele Todd

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As yuh make yuh bed..

So you go lie dong on it.

One of the words of wisdom passed on intergenerationally in the Afro- French Creole culture. Young girls were instructed by wiser family members of harm it would bring to them when unheeded.

The bed with its trimmings were sacrosanct. It was a metaphor for la vie en rose and to interfere with the elaborate rules would cause damnation to the unwary.

Those who did not obey would experience pure misery. Nonetheless.some enjoyed the bedroom regardless and pursued the lifestyle....some when becoming pregnant would become the Baby Doll...those who did not conceive would be called the derogatory name of MATTRESS.

Indeed, it was literally how a young girl made her bed that she would lie in it for her future life.

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Sexypink - Today

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Sexypink - Adele Todd - POPO - A look at innocence against the harsh realities of safety - shown at Wa Na Wari Gallery Seattle Washington from July 27 to October 30 2023.

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Sexypink - Adele Todd - Performance 2023 - Jouvert - BABY 

A look at the most vulnerable character in the Baby Doll presentation. Does anyone ever consider THE BABY?

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Sexypink - Adele Todd’s Presentation for Jouvert 2023 - Baby - Where she observes the always overlooked main character of the portrayal. 

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Sexypink - Enter the world of Rex Dixon.

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Sexypink - Five in show.

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Sexypink - Boots and Dogs continues to March 4th 2024.

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                                   Art for a very important cause

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Sexypink - Another year of fully gorging on everything Art. So many shows and projects, passings and beginnings. Happy 2024 to all....here is a look back of some of the highlights and challenges of the year.

Sybil Atteck continues

Mario Lewis Part I and II Forest Notebooks

Shadow Show @ A Space inna Space - The Frame Shop

Jamaican Artist Catrina Coombs

Marinna Shareef's mind benders

Deltex Artshop owner and legend in her own right Christine Millar passes away

Dr Bonaventure gave us wisdom and then some

Guadeloupan Kelly Sinnapah Mary

Art Swap @ Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago

Guy Beckles Kinetic Collaborations with 24 Contemporary Artists

Barbadian Scottish Alberta Whittle causes controversy

Adele Todd shows in Seattle

Sheena Rose sells to GOAT Venus Williams

Sarah Knights paints THE KING

Jamaican Stephen Schmid shows teeth

Sharon Camille Harding ~ Rest in Peace

Coretta and Martin's sculpture causes awe and confusion

Leroy Calliste (The Black Stalin) dies.

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Duality * Y Gallery Group Show

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Panty Man - Adele Todd 

Quilted blanket and dimensional embroidery thread . 81 x 65” 2021

As a Performance Artist who works with Embroidery and Soft Materials among other Media, the possibilities for DUALITY seemed endless. However, eventually I was moved to consider "Male Toxicity" as my theme.The word Panty Man that is done tongue-in-cheek in neon pink is the Title that sets the viewer on their path of discovery.The slang term is used to describe a man who is coddled and feminine in nature and a slur to homosexual men in particular.The work is a large dark blue quilt with embroidery threads that on closer observation create individual words that must be looked at at close range and also, can only be seen one at a time as they do not have a chronology. The viewer must move their own bodies to 'read' the piece.The quilt is a symbol of nurturing, safety and warmth. The loose threads that thus fall from the quilt symbolises the unravelling of that safety. We generally expect men to be 'men' and are unaware of how much our stereotyping of the male sex confuses boys as they grow to manhood. I hope that my piece shall inspire those who interact with it, the opportunity, to consider when they themselves have perhaps used terminology seen on the quilt or words to that nature to define a man's character. We are all guilty of a level of sexual politics for its own gain and must now consider that sensitivity is not a one way street.-Adele Todd

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Adele Todd

A curated body of work by Adele Todd looking at 1970. 1990. 2020 

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~Sexypink~ Adele Todd is in The Portrait Show.

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~Sexypink~ My work has explored the issue of Police  Brutality for a very long time.  This has included honoring the Police for what they do in society. I am presently halfway through working on embroidery on canvas where I observe the system of that brutality as it relates to children. I shall continue  embroidering these pieces as long as the systems continue. At momentous times such as these, Art that depicts or records this reality, matters more than ever.

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~Sexypink~ 2021   What a year of highs and lows for us in our part of the world. We lost a titan, we saw Artists branching out in new directions and we also felt grateful for all that Art continues to give to us all. Welcome in 2022.